fatherhood

I was able to complete a shower process for Lea, from A to Z, my first “successful” attempt in 2.5 years. yes there was water everywhere, yes it took 45 minutes versus the 8 minutes of more experienced parents, yes as I write this I realize I should have cleaned behind her ears, yes it […]

Have you participated in a Harlem Shake yet ? Lea and I participated in two this week. It was an excuse to act silly with Lea and spend some time with her. (she had a great time now, but not sure how she will look back at it when older Most likely the Harlem Shake […]

I don’t think my parents ever thought that at some point in their life they would be going with their son (and his wife) to a Fairouz concert. They had listened to Fairouz regularly long before they were even courting (we rarely think of our parents courting The four of us going to the concert […]

Sometimes, it strikes me that: “Wow, I have a year and a half-daughter”. With all the exams and qualifications we all go through in our life (school, university, work,…), you would think that there is an equivalent parenting qualification/assessment system — surprisingly there isn’t. More or less you are expected to wing it and learn from […]

how will I know how to teach Lea how to know right from wrong when choosing her friends (especially the male ones) ? saw a young girl parked under our building and obviously waiting for somebody to come down. it got me thinking of what role I can play to help Lea better […]

my newborn is 14 days old, and has so far taught me 14 things: power cuts are possible even in the delivery room of a highly reputed hospital in beirut. we were lucky not to lose power in the “live” delivery room, but we did lose power in the “temp” delivery room hours earlier where they […]